Category Archives: Custard Pies

I don’t think I’d ever eaten a lemon meringue pie before making this one, so I can’t really contrast it directly to one that I didn’t just make up. But this pie was super light and fluffy. It was … Continue reading →

I’m a sucker for seasonal/rarer fruits. On my last trip to the Dekalb Farmers Market I came home laden with a large box of ataulfo mangos (the small yellow ones, not the green/pink mangos), a couple pounds of fresh apricots, … Continue reading →

I found strawberries at an irresistible price the other day. So clearly I was going to make a strawberry pie. But, lacking rhubarb, I looked for some other variant of strawberry pie. I picked up ginger, thinking perhaps that would fit in … Continue reading →

I’d never made a banana cream pie before. But banana cream pie sounded boring and I had some obscenely ripe plantains I was planning on frying up and eating with tamarind yogurt. And so I did– but in pie form. … Continue reading →

Once upon a time, I hated avocados. I found their texture disturbingly reminiscent of sticks of butter* and their taste overall lacking. I moved to California where avocados were ubiquitous, and built a fortress of hatred as protection against the … Continue reading →

Oranges are problematic, stubborn fruits. With an apple you take a bite, or grope it a little, and know immediately whether it is good. A bad orange is more like a person: it does not betray its weakness so easily. … Continue reading →

The first week’s pie was not an unequivocal success, but it was certainly quirky. I got a hankering to make pie out of carrots. After all- carrot cake is awesome– by my rule of “pie>cake”, carrot pie must be more … Continue reading →